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Suzhou Day Trip: Explore Classic Gardens and Ancient Grand Canal with First-Class Bullet Train Ride
4.9
9 Ratings
Zha Bei Qu
Embark on a Suzhou day trip and discover the beauty of classic gardens, ancient canals, and iconic landmarks. Enjoy a first-class bullet train ride and explore with a private guide.
Embark on a Suzhou day trip and discover the beauty of classic gardens, ancient canals, and iconic landmarks. Enjoy a first-class bullet train ride and explore with a private guide.
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Shanghai Railway Station - Meet your friendly private guide in the hotel lobby and proceed to Shanghai Railway Station to board the bullet train to Suzhou.
- The Lingering Garden - Upon arrival, explore The Lingering Garden, where you can admire the stunning views of traditional Chinese gardens and architecture. Your guide will provide insights…
- Shanghai Railway Station - Meet your friendly private guide in the hotel lobby and proceed to Shanghai Railway Station to board the bullet train to Suzhou.
- The Lingering Garden - Upon arrival, explore The Lingering Garden, where you can admire the stunning views of traditional Chinese gardens and architecture. Your guide will provide insights into the culture and history.
- Pingjiang Road - Next, your guide will lead you to Pingjiang Road. Enjoy a delicious Suzhou-style lunch here, with popular dishes like Cherry Meat, Beggar Chicken, and Liquor Xiaoyuanzi. Stroll through the charming street, filled with boutique stores offering teapots, ceramics, fans, and silk. Feel free to shop along the way if you wish.
- Suzhou Ancient Grand Canal - Experience a boat ride along the Ancient Grand Canal, a UNESCO Heritage Site, known as the longest and oldest canal or artificial river in the world (1104 miles). Observe the tranquil life of locals, historical buildings, and beautiful red lanterns.
- Tiger Hill - Continue the tour to Tiger Hill, where you will learn about the Cloudy Pagoda, built over 1300 years ago. Prepare to hike up the 300 stairs. Afterward, return to Shanghai by bullet train. Once the tour concludes, you will be transferred back to your hotel.
What's Included
- Premier Taxi and subway fare included
- Entrance fees covered for all destinations
- Complimentary lunch provided
- Travel in style on a 1st class bullet train from Shanghai to Suzhou
- Enjoy the insights of an excellent English-speaking tour guide
- Premier Taxi and subway fare included
- Entrance fees covered for all destinations
- Complimentary lunch provided
- Travel in style on a 1st class bullet train from Shanghai to Suzhou
- Enjoy the insights of an excellent English-speaking tour guide
What's Not Included
- Gratuities (Recommended)
- Any other expenses that not listed as included
- Gratuities (Recommended)
- Any other expenses that not listed as included
Additional Information
Embark on a quick and convenient 35-minute bullet train journey from Shanghai to Suzhou, traversing through the suburban landscapes of China. Accompanied by a local guide, explore top attractions like the Lingering Garden, Tiger Hill, Pingjiang Road and take a serene boat ride on the historic grand canal. The package includes round trip first class…
Embark on a quick and convenient 35-minute bullet train journey from Shanghai to Suzhou, traversing through the suburban landscapes of China. Accompanied by a local guide, explore top attractions like the Lingering Garden, Tiger Hill, Pingjiang Road and take a serene boat ride on the historic grand canal. The package includes round trip first class bullet train tickets.
1: Discover Suzhou’s iconic landmarks with a personal guide
2: Delight in the prime highlights of The Lingering Garden, Tiger Hill and Pingjiang Road
3: Reach your destination swiftly and comfortably via first-class bullet train
4: Enjoy hassle-free commutation with pickup and drop-off service from your hotel in Shanghai
Location
Shanghai Railway Station
Mei Yuan Lu
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(9 Ratings)
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Elizabethsw8916kz
Nov 19, 2023
A great day out - We had a very enjoyable day with Miss Julia and their Suzhou driver Mr Liu.
Miss Julia was very informative and organised all aspects of our trip seamlessly. Mr Liu was very helpful and friendly.
We had a great day out.
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Ramsivalingham
Sep 30, 2023
A day's trip in Suzhou with Sunflower Tours - My friends and myself had a very short stay in Shanghai and we wanted to experience the bullet train trip. We decided to visit Suzhou as it is only 30-minute trip from Shanghai by the bullet train. The city was so beautiful, so many trees, beautiful gardens, wonderful people and amazing food.
Our guide Ms. Apple met us at the hotel lobby in Shanghai. As usual all the tour guides from Sunflower tours are very punctual and very organized. She explained our day's itinerary and we proceeded to the bullet train station.
Our driver Mr. Yang was waiting for us at the Suzhou railway station. He was a very friendly person. The car in which he took us around Suzhou was very clean like brand new and it was very comfortable drive through Suzhou.
Suzhou is a beautiful city with gardens, canals like Venice, narrow shopping alleys, bars, cafe and restaurants. Our guide took us to a restaurant for traditional Chinese lunch. It was one of the most amazing traditional restaurants we visited in the entire trip. It was a great choice by Ms. Apple.
Ms. Apple is a full-time professional tour guide, and she speaks very good English. She has a very good knowledge of the history of Suzhou and explained the places we visited with great detail.
I'll definitely recommend Sunflower Tours and Ms. Apple; we had a wonderful experience of visiting Suzhou and the bullet train trip.
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Saurabh5300
Aug 30, 2023
Short and sweet - This was one of its kind trip. We wanted to experience bullet train, and have good time, Suzhou had it all. From lovely parks full of beautiful people, to boating feeling like Venice, to see the leaning trover in tiger hill. Our guide Ms. Apple was very helpful, and gave us an excellent background to the history. Do enjoy shopping in Suzhou.
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Jason
Jul 9, 2023
上海專業導遊的唯一選擇 The only choice for professional tour guides in Shanghai - 這次的旅程很有緣分的透過Sunflower Li 安排與我的導遊Julia同遊，讓我能安心的欣賞美景與享受整個旅遊的樂趣，Julia除細心安排所有的細節外還具備豐富的知識，能將風土民情深入講解，這真是一趟理性又感性的旅程。
This trip is very fateful. I arranged to travel with my tour guide Julia through Sunflower Li, so that I can enjoy the beautiful scenery and enjoy the fun of the whole tour. In addition to carefully arranging all the details, Julia also has a wealth of knowledge to In-depth explanation, this is really a rational and emotional journey
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Paul
May 29, 2023
We met many good people in China 😍😍 - This is our first time to Shanghai for business trip and leisure. When the business matters were done we decided to go to Suzhou. We very suddenly booked this trip (7pm) for next morning 😀 I thought it would be cancelled by the tour agent. But what was suprising was that the professionaly made a schedule for tomorrow 👍👍
Next morning Ms Julia picked up us at the hotel on time and we headed to train station to board the train (to Suzhou)
Arriving in Suzhou (30 mins by bullet train), we were picked up by Mr Zhong in nice and clear car.
We visited tourist spots in beautiful Suzhou 😍😍
In the afternoon we returned to train station to Shanghai.
Thank you for Sunflower Tour, Ms Julia, Mr Zhong for giving us a wonderful experienced while in Suzhou. You have been good and memorable companions on this journey. I highly recommend this tour agent because you guys are professional and we are very comfortable with your service. Keep up the good work 😍😍 Xie xie… 👍👍🙏🏻
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Ttelang
Dec 14, 2019
Shanghai to Suzhou in First Class for RMB 60 - Very comfortable journey. Maximum speed was 294 km per hour. Seats very clean and spacious. The fabric was slightly older and there was a long queue for entering the platform. The shanghai station was also very clean. The suzhou railway station was simply stunning.
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Inspiration579837
Oct 8, 2019
Fun in Suzhou - Our guide, Miki, was fun, organized and made our trip a wonderful experience. The Lingering Garden was a great idea to avoid the huge crowds at the other gardens. It was beautiful. Then on to lunch at a local restaurant . Miki chose the food and even brought her own tea set!! We then took a boat ride on the canal, went to a local opera and then to Tiger Hill. On our return to Shanghai, Miki suggested we visit the top floor of the Hyatt on the Bund to see the city lights.
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Juliocecas
Sep 21, 2019
Private Day Trip to Suzhou from Shanghai by Bullet Train - The guide Apple was very nice. She help me a lot. The tour was very good. The organization excellent, pick up at time. Thank you.
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Smgdfea
Jul 19, 2019
Day trip to Suzhou - Our family thoroughly enjoyed our day trip with our lovely guide Apple to Suzhou.The trip was well organised we were picked up from our hotel taken to the bullet train our tickets had been pre booked and after a half an hour train ride we arrived in the city of Suzhou.
We visited the exquisite Master of the Nets garden , had a wonderful and very reasonably priced lunch at a restaurant near the canals.As my husband was keen to see the old city walls Apple made sure we had time to fit that in as well.We then took a taxi to Tiger Hill and climbed up the steps to visit the beautiful old pagoda.
A boat ride through the water canals and a wander down Pingjiang road completed our day out.
This trip made a lovely break from Shanghai and even though we did it in the height of summer, it was not crowded and having air conditioned taxis to ferry you to places made it very easy. Everything went very smoothly and the lovely Apple was a very organised, informative and fun guide. A great day out was had by us all.
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